whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. Everything is coming up Capitalism
(Analysis/Analysis)

...g and disguise intentions. "Communism" has been entirely discredited. The word, that is, not the ideology. That has re-emerged. Now it is known as "new economics" or "anti-...

2. Suburbanise! How aid and trade obliterate unique cultures
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ngrier than theirs. Liberals and socialists may be just as outraged by the dominance of western capitalism ideology but, by demanding aid for the impoverished, they are actually assisting that wester...

3. What comes after Capitalism?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...orations or of sophisticated elites; then it is just Mercantilism or Corporatism. Capitalism is no more an ideology than is Air. "Clean" air is certainly ideological for any given definiti...

4. Do you hate the poor enough to be charitable?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...marginalised people. The limitations of capitalism Capitalism can only go so far. It is not a functional ideology. It is simply like gravity. It is a way that people interact through trade. Soci...

5. Racial arguments muddy human rights and the ending of poverty
(Analysis/Analysis)

...s not the cause.  Just as communist dictatorships, fascist rule, Nazi propaganda all used some form of ideology to draw support to their cause, so too did National Party rule require a foil.&nbsp...

6. The Cold War, Global Warming and the War on Ideas
(Analysis/Analysis)

...sing proxies to fight their ideologies across the planet.  Almost until the end it was not clear which ideology would prevail:  the US with their belief in individual expression and the powe...